Lambrigg

54 LAMBRIGG (E.f.)

(O.S. 6 in. ^aXXXIV, S.W., ^bXXXIV, S.E.)

Lambrigg is a township of Grayrigg, 5 m. N.E. of Kendal.

Secular

Monuments (1–5)

The following monuments, unless otherwise described, are of the 17th century and of two storeys. The walls are of rubble and the roofs are slate-covered. Some of the buildings have exposed ceiling-beams.

Condition—Good or fairly good.

^a(1). Bracken Hall, N. of the railway in the N.W. corner of the parish, was built early in the 18th century. It contains an original panelled partition and a staircase with moulded rail and turned balusters. Some other fittings are probably of later date.

^a(2). Green Head, house, 500 yards N. of (1), has 18th-century and modern additions on the E. and W. Inside the building is a muntin and plank partition of the local type.

^b(3). Thatchmoor Head, house, nearly ½ m. E. of (1), was built late in the 17th or early in the 18th century.

^b(4). Thatchmoor Head Cottage, 150 yards N. of (3), was built early in the 18th century. It contains an original panelled partition.

^b(5). Wythmoor, house, 990 yards E.S.E. of (3), has modern additions at each end. Inside the building is a three-stage cupboard, of the local type, with projecting fascia and pendants; the upper part is enriched and the fascia has the initials and date A.H., D.H. 1635.